New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws a pass as running back Mark Ingram runs a route during a scrimmage in Metairie on Saturday.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

No bounties. No hold-outs. No lockout. No controversies. Just football.

Or in this case, just football practice. But it didn't matter.

After two years of distraction after distraction from the bounties of 2012 that suspended Saints coach Sean Payton for the entire season, to quarterback Drew Brees' contract holdout also last year, to the NFL work stoppage in 2011 and to the Vicodin controversy in 2010, Saints fans have had a lot on their minds other than football since winning Super Bowl XLIV in January of 2010. ...